The Bells (play)
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The Bells is an 1867 play in three acts by Erckmann-Chatrian.
Programme for the opening night of The Bells, 25 November 1871
Caricature of Henry Irving in The Bells
Henry Irving as Mathias in The Bells
Caricature of Irving in The Bells. Vanity Fair, 19 December 1874.
Henry Irving
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Sir Henry Irving was an English actor-manager in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He established himself at the West End theatre the Lyceum. His long campaign to have theatre recognised as an art of
The Bells (play)
…play in three acts by Erckmann-Chatrian. The 1871 English translation by Leopold David Lewis was one of the greatest successes of the British actor Henry Irving. It opened on 25 November 1871 at the Lyceum Theatre in London and initially ran for 151 performances. Irving was to stage the play repeatedly throughout…
Irving c. 1878
Irving's birthplace, Keinton Mandeville, Somerset
Irving as Hamlet, 1864
As the haunted murderer Mathias in The Bells, 1872